Reactive-infiltration instabilities in rocks. Fracture dissolution

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 702, Issue , 2012, Pages 239-264

  Szymczak, Piotr ^a   Ladd, Anthony J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

fingering instability; geophysical and geological flows; porous media

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; GEOPHYSICS; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; ROCKS;

FINGERING INSTABILITIES; FINITE-LENGTH SYSTEMS; GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOLOGICAL FLOWS; GEOPHYSICAL IMPLICATIONS; NONLINEAR KINETICS; REACTIVE INFILTRATION; SPONTANEOUS FORMATION; SURROUNDING ROCK;

FRACTURE;

DIFFUSION; DISSOLUTION; FRACTURE FLOW; INFILTRATION; KINEMATICS; POROUS MEDIUM; ROCK MECHANICS; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864550570     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2012.174     Document Type: Article

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